NFL Preseason

"I promise you, I guarantee you, we will have NFL football in this stadium in 2017 -- one way or another," Hogan told the Orlando Sentinel after Florida State drew nearly 50,000 fans for its Spring Game at the Citrus Bowl on Saturday. "We're absolutely focused on that and we're going to be back in the (NFL) business."

Decades ago, Orlando used to host NFL preseason games, but those opportunities died out as the Citrus Bowl became more and more dilapidated. Since the stadium's renovation two years ago, Hogan has had conversations with all of the...

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